ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 235, 2 April 1912, Page 8

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES

A VICTIM TO NERVES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Monday. The body of (icorge Ailliur Arcy, agid S9, a single man, was found on Shelly Beach yesterday, fully .dressed. He lived with three sisters in Shelly Beacli I road. Ponsonby, and was last siei' aliv" i at 10 o'clock on Saturday night. Ho had | suffered from nerve trouble for the past j few weeks, and had been very despond-, ent for a, few days. He was employed by Messrs. Wildman and Arey, stationers. A SUICIDE. Westport, Monday, j Wm. Wasteney, a farm laborer, was found dead at Tauranga, with a pearifle between his legs. A SENSATIONAL EXPERIENCE. Auckland, Monday. A party, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Bloomfield and her little daughter, and Mrs. Rathbone and her daughter, had a perilous adventure "while returning from the West Coast on Sunday. In company with two other motor cars they were travelling- on a road along the face of a cliff, with a sheer drop of 25 to 30 feet. Mr. JBloomfield's motor was driven to the edge to avoid a quagmire and, the ground giving way, the car toppled over the embankment and skidded until brought up by a tree. The occupants scrambled up the bank, leaving the car in i very dangerous position. A party was sent from town with gear, which proved inadequate. Another attempt is being made to-day to restore the car to the road.

A CHILD POISONED. Hastings, Last Night. A three-year-old son of J. S. Hunt found a phial of tabloids containing strychnine and other drugs. He told his mother he had eaten all the lollies. Medical assistance was procured, but the child died within an hour.